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John,

I will post some soon including the "massive" 4 track fiddle on the 12" x 30" extension since you are interested.

I am actually modeling a small segment of the old IC Charter line around Ramsey, IL. I just finished my oval and fiddle and am now working on the spur for Ramsey Grain and a runaround and spur for Vandalia, IL.

I had built some 1' x 5' switching (shunting) layouts in the past but I needed something where I could watch trains go round and round. Even though this is a small HO scale layout, the opportunity to build something of good quality and do some scratch-building of small prototype industries and a tower at a diamond really appeals to me.

Of course, being able to use commercial 4 axle units and 34-50' freight cars is nice and the prototype set in the late 1970's to early 1980's lends itself surprising well for the space. Illinois Central had 54' grain hoppers on this line but they had a bunch of small covered hoppers for cement service and several 55 and 70 ton hoppers for aggregate and corn cobs along with the ubiquitous 40' boxcar.

Will post something soon.

Cheers,
Joe